“She is a tough negoitator, who is prepared to think outside the box.”

“Quietly confident and reassuring; and excellent trial advocate.”

"She represents forces in personal injury cases".

"She is extremely efficient, very bright and easy to work with."

"She is very calm, reliable and impressive."

"Very bright and an instinctively good negotiator."

"Meticulous and very reliable."

"An immense talent. She is fiercely bright and very good with clients. Her advocacy skills are absolutely first class."

"She has a straightforward, pragmatic, logical and clear approach to all matters and provides sound advice to clients."

In her clinical negligence practice Laura is instructed in cases of all values and levels of complexity and is very experienced in cases on both sides involving catastrophic injury. She is recognised to be a strong and popular trial advocate. Her work encompasses all areas of clinical practice including birth injury, cancer related claims, gynaecological issues, mental health, prison healthcare, cosmetic surgery, spinal and brain damage. She has experience of claims with a cross border element. Laura has expertise in coronial law and represents both families and medical professionals at inquests.

In her wider common law practice Laura has a particular expertise in complex duty of care cases, including claims involving stress at work, bullying, harassment, education, social services, physical and sexual abuse and civil cases involving allegations of fraud. She receives regular instructions in catastrophic injury cases (brain and spinal). She is regularly instructed in human rights and discrimination cases and also acts in cross border matters.

Laura acts for police forces across all areas of civil work, including malfeasance, employers and public liability matters. She has been instructed as junior counsel in cases involving grave injury during restraint and following arrest (including catastrophic brain injury). She also has experience of inquests involving sensitive issues and difficult questions of disclosure.

Laura was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 2015, sitting for approximately three weeks a year. She is also Assistant Coroner for East London, an occasional judicial role that complements Laura's practice as an advocate experienced in inquests covering the range of complexities, including deaths in custody, clinical negligence and jury inquests. Laura is a member of the Bar Standards Board approved panel of prosecutors. Laura is regularly instructed in the High Court, has appeared in the Court of Appeal and as junior counsel in the House of Lords. She is experienced in arbitration, jury, tribunal, inquest and appellate advocacy.

Laura was appointed one of four judicial assistants to the Law Lords in 2003-2004 primarily working with Lord Steyn and prior to pupillage, interned in Miami representing defendants facing the death penalty.

Laura is a graduate of Oxford University and was awarded scholarships by Gray's Inn as a student.